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... deep well , about a hundred and fifty feet , and in rather an anxious mood . For the tub was only a rough one , the same that is used by the miners for raising the lumps of salt to the surface of the earth . ― It was some time before ...
... deep well , about a hundred and fifty feet , and in rather an anxious mood . For the tub was only a rough one , the same that is used by the miners for raising the lumps of salt to the surface of the earth . ― It was some time before ...
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... deep are we in the earth ? How far do these caverns reach ? - How much salt is obtained from hence every year ? " & c .- " It will take some time to answer all those questions , " said his father ; “ which can be done , too , more at ...
... deep are we in the earth ? How far do these caverns reach ? - How much salt is obtained from hence every year ? " & c .- " It will take some time to answer all those questions , " said his father ; “ which can be done , too , more at ...
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... deep hole , thus made , a quan- tity of gunpowder : this being fired , an explo- sion followed , which usually separated several great blocks of the salt : these , as before , were broken , that they might be removed the more easily ...
... deep hole , thus made , a quan- tity of gunpowder : this being fired , an explo- sion followed , which usually separated several great blocks of the salt : these , as before , were broken , that they might be removed the more easily ...
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... deep we were below the surface of the earth ? The roof of that grand cathedral , in which you were so much delighted just now , is about a hundred feet beneath us . But the depth of the several mines varies much . The salt rock seems to ...
... deep we were below the surface of the earth ? The roof of that grand cathedral , in which you were so much delighted just now , is about a hundred feet beneath us . But the depth of the several mines varies much . The salt rock seems to ...
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... deep in the earth , papa ? Who told them it was there ? " " It was found , as we say , by accident . Per- sons were searching for coal , when they came to a solid mass of salt ; which has been to the pro- prietors an inexhaustible fund ...
... deep in the earth , papa ? Who told them it was there ? " " It was found , as we say , by accident . Per- sons were searching for coal , when they came to a solid mass of salt ; which has been to the pro- prietors an inexhaustible fund ...
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